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Tweet It’s been a little over six months since we rated Kennesaw on a transparency scale.  See Defining & Ranking Transparency.  We, and others, have brought many deficiencies to the attention of the city of Kennesaw administration regarding the requirements of Georgia’s Open Records Laws.  Repeatedly, Mayor Mark Mathews and other members of the council [...]

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Admin on December 21, 2012

Tweet This week the city of Kennesaw sent a press release stating they would be breaking ground in January on the first phase of the long-awaited skatepark.      We visited the city of Kennesaw website to locate the details of the full design of the Swift-Cantrell park with this new design in place.   What [...]

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Admin on December 18, 2012

Tweet We recently posted on the Kennesaw Watch Facebook page and on this website that it’s time for more citizens to get involved in our city to make changes that everyone agrees are long overdue.  We have been overwhelmed by the emails, calls and comments asking for ways to get involved. It is a fact [...]

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Admin on December 4, 2012

Tweet During a time when the economy is still struggling, the city of Kennesaw was contacted by Dallas White, pastor of Kennesaw’s City Church, to ask the leaders in the city to do even more; join him in a one day project to give to the community.  The city gladly accepted that challenge and the [...]

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Admin on December 1, 2012

Tweet To conclude the pawn shop zoning fiasco that plagued the city earlier this year, the city of Kennesaw has agreed to the following in a recent mediation with Venturi properties regarding Cruchelow Jewelry and Loan: 1) Mutual release of all further claims between parties, 2) City pays through its insurer $14,000, 3) City pays [...]

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